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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A set of six musicians who perform a composition written for six parts.
Opera
Sextet
Prelude
Triplet
2. Passage for the entire ensemble or orchestra without a soloist.
Chorale
Tutti
Cavatina
Capriccio
3. The period of music history which dates from the mid 1700's to mid 1800's. The music was spare and emotionally reserved - especially when compared to Romantic and Boroque music.
Consonance
Glee
Hymn
Classical
4. Music written for a lively French dance for two performers written in triple time.
Galliard
Chant
Medley
Sonata form
5. Includes all twelve notes of an octave.
Fermata
Deceptive cadence
Chromatic scale
Gavotte
6. Music of a particular form consisting of four movements. Each of the movements differ in tempo - rhythm - and melody; but are held together by subject and style.
Notation
Whole-tone scale
Scordatura
Sonata
7. A drama where the words are sung instead of spoken.
March
Opera
Ornaments
Slur
8. The playing or singing the upper half of the vocal range. Also the highest voice in choral singing.
Castrato
Adagio
Exposition
Treble
9. The opening section of a piece of music or movement.
Introduction
Slur
Partial
Scherzo
10. A repeated phrase.
Castrato
Chord progression
Ostinato
Tuning
11. A symbol in sheet music a direction to play energetically.
Grazioso
Tonal
Energico
Tuning
12. A composition based on previous work. A common technique used in Medieval and Renaissance music.
Grave
Parody
Musette
Romantic
13. A loose collection of instrumental compositions.
Flat
Trio
Movement
Suite
14. Time in music history ranging from the middle of the 16th to the middle of the 17th centuries. Characterized by emotional - flowery music; written in strict form.
Whole-tone scale
Twelve-tone music
Baroque
Orchestra
15. A glissando or portamento. Also refers to the moving part of a trombone.
Movement
Slide
Impromptu
Round
16. A numeric symbol in sheet music determining the number of beats to a measure.
Time Signature
Baroque
Sequence
Castrato
17. A chord progression that seems to lead to resolving itself on the final chord; but does not.
Contralto
Baroque
Interval
Deceptive cadence
18. Arrangement of music for a combined number of instruments.
Klangfarbenmelodie
Instrumentation
Soprano
Rhythm
19. The highest female voice.
Sextet
Song cycle
Triad
Soprano
20. Pertaining to the loudness or softness of a musical composition. Also the symbols in sheet music indicating volume.
Drone
Staccato
Dynamics
Chord
21. A set of six musicians who perform a composition written for six parts.
Sextet
Courante
Twelve-tone music
Glissando
22. Made up of five horizontal parallel lines and the spaces between them on which musical notation is written.
Baroque
Staff
Chorale
Classicism
23. A composition written for three to six voices. Beginning with the exposition - each voice enters at different times - creating counterpoint with one another.
Fugue
Duet
Tuning
Maestro
24. To repeat a previous part of a composition generally after other music has been played.
Reprise
Contralto
Soprano
Interpretation
25. The retuning of a stringed instrument in order to play notes below the ordinary range of the instrument or to produce an usual tone color.
Espressivo
Tremolo
Hymn
Scordatura
26. Short detached notes - as opposed to legato.
Grave
System
Counterpoint
Staccato
27. Lowest female singing voice.
Gavotte
Contralto
Interpretation
Leitmotif
28. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.
Time Signature
Classicism
Part
Cantabile
29. To shift to another key.
Medley
Tutti
Recapitulation
Modulation
30. A song of praise and glorification. Most often to honor God.
Tone less
Hymn
Tone
Rococo
31. 3 or 4 notes played simultaneously in harmony.
Chord
March
Harmony
Da Capo
32. A harmonic given off by a note when it is played.
Trill
Introduction
Piano
Partial
33. Atonal and violent style used as a means of evoking heightened emotions and states of mind.
Expressionism
Fermata
Rococo
Register
34. Suite of Baroque dances.
Partita
Flat
Orchestra
Hymn
35. Pertaining to the sonata form - a fast movement in triple time.
Monotone
Scherzo
Cantata
Energico
36. Movement or passage that concludes the musical composition.
Motif
Finale
Beat
Ricercar
37. Singing in unison - texts in a free rhythm. Similar to the rhythm of speech.
Pitch
Duet
Chant
Musicology
38. Singing in unison - texts in a free rhythm. Similar to the rhythm of speech.
Chant
Progression
Beat
Hymn
39. A composition written for eight instruments.
Octet
Intermezzo
Timbre
Interlude
40. The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key.For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.
Opera
Movement
Libretto
Relative major and minor
41. A piece of music written for two vocalists or instrumentalists.
Deceptive cadence
Waltz
Baroque
Duet
42. Either of the two octave arrangements in modern music. The modes are either major or minor.
Grave
Coda
Modes
Cantabile
43. The keyboard of a stringed instrument.
Clavier
Clef
Consonance
Tune
44. A musical form where the melody or tune is imitated by individual parts at regular intervals. The individual parts may enter at different measures and pitches. The tune may also be played at different speeds - backwards - or inverted.
Pizzicato
Slide
Musette
Canon
45. A style of male singing where by partial use of the vocal chords - the voice is able to reach the pitch of a female.
Neoclassical
Piano
Development
Falsetto
46. A separate section of a larger composition.
Chorale
Reprise
Movement
Cadenza
47. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.
Register
Clef
Sharp
Madrigal
48. Two or three melodic lines played at the same time.
Opus
Pentatonic Scale
Counterpoint
Soprano
49. The manner in which tones are produced with regard to pitch.
Slide
Intonation
Trio
Exposition
50. Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.
Interlude
Maestro
Vivace
System